Govt strongly protests after EU releases damning 2017 election report

- Kenya expressed dismay after the European Union released the report which details there was bribery during the controversial 2017 general election

- The Kenyan embassy in Brussels also condemned EU's Marietje Schaake for releasing the report at the EU Parliament instead of in Nairobi

- Schaake claimed the government of Kenya declined to welcome the EU delegation in Nairobi for the report to be released

- Kenya said the EU representative had contravened an agreement with Nairobi on how the report was to be released

The Kenyan Government on Wednesday, January 10 expressed disappointment after the European Union's (EU) Chief observer in the August and October 2017 election read the election report in a live broadcast from the European Union parliament.

The Kenyan embassy in Brussel claimed that the EU chief had breached the memorandum of understanding signed between the the Kenyan government and the EU.

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The embassy also claimed that the government had, through diplomatic channels, in consultations with the the EU on scheduling for the release of the report in line with the stipulations of the MoU

"The government of the republic of Kenya regrets the unprocedural and premature manner in which the final report of the EU Election Observation Mission, has been released by Hon. Marietje Schaake, MEP. " read the statement.

Her action has breached the terms of Kenya's Memorandum of Understanding on election monitering with the European Union,which called for a structural official process.